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football, for example, famously macho environment, right? >> well, you know, i'm openly gay man. i like to think of myself as fairly macho. [ laughter ] so i don't think one's sexual orientation -- >> brown: i certainly didn't mean that i meant the reputation. >> no, no, no. i know, people usually prefix the conversation about professional sports of being a macho environment but the truth of the matter is whatever we deem as steotypically macho, the male athletes that have come out thursday far in professional sports fit that bill. john amici played a power forward position. i would think that is macho. he's a strong guy. before him dave coupe was a killer on the field, a macho guy. i think part of this conversation is reframing the way we think about it in its entirety, looking at it through a different para dime. that's the reason i gave a pushback there. >> brown: i take the push. well taken. at ithe siation i oter sports? similar to what you see in basketball? >> well, you know, i do know that all these leagues have worked with or have worked with some organization addressing
football, for example, famously macho environment, right? >> well, you know, i'm openly gay man. i like to think of myself as fairly macho. [ laughter ] so i don't think one's sexual orientation -- >> brown: i certainly didn't mean that i meant the reputation. >> no, no, no. i know, people usually prefix the conversation about professional sports of being a macho environment but the truth of the matter is whatever we deem as steotypically macho, the male athletes that have...
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people usually prefix the conversation about professional sports being a macho environment. whatever we deem as stereotypically macho, the male athletes that have come out thursday far fit that bill. john amici played a big power forward position. i would think it's macho. he's a bring strong guy. a killer on the field was dave coupe, pretty macho guy. the conversation is reframing the way we look at it in its entirety. that's the reason i gave a push back. >> brown: i take the push. well taken. what is the situation in other sports? similar to what you see in basketball? >> well, you know, i do know that all these leagues have worked with or are still working with some national organization addressing homophobia in sports. the nba has been working with the gay and lesbian education network for years prior to jason collins coming out, prior to kobe bryant being fined last year for uttering a gay slur inadvertently on television. the nfl has been working with an organization to address homophobia in sports. the nhl a couple weeks ago announced working with an organization to
people usually prefix the conversation about professional sports being a macho environment. whatever we deem as stereotypically macho, the male athletes that have come out thursday far fit that bill. john amici played a big power forward position. i would think it's macho. he's a bring strong guy. a killer on the field was dave coupe, pretty macho guy. the conversation is reframing the way we look at it in its entirety. that's the reason i gave a push back. >> brown: i take the push. well...
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geographic poverty also correlates with poorer schools, with poorer public health, fewer public parks, often environments that simply are unsafe or are not conducive to upward mobility. fewer models, people who are actually making it around you. if i can also go back to something else your other guest offered before, that was that it is not a problem that we have widening inequality. let me just forget one of the reasons we are seeing such a slow anemic recovery is because the vast middle chas doesn't have the purchasing power to keep the economy going. with so much money over 20% of total income going to the top 1%, the vast middle class and the poor just, they don't have enough money to buy enough to keep the economy, to get the competent back on track. >> what about that idea that the economic, the trickle down effect isn't happening f the 1% are getting wealthier, they're not spending it and creating the same type of demand that the middle class would. >> it is a theory but when you look at the literature on whether rising inequality, whether more inequality results in slower growth, a number of stud
geographic poverty also correlates with poorer schools, with poorer public health, fewer public parks, often environments that simply are unsafe or are not conducive to upward mobility. fewer models, people who are actually making it around you. if i can also go back to something else your other guest offered before, that was that it is not a problem that we have widening inequality. let me just forget one of the reasons we are seeing such a slow anemic recovery is because the vast middle chas...
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report on poland's embrace of fracking, despite concerns from some residents about land rights and the environment. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by b.p. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: israel today played down a weekend of air strikes that hit syria. the syrians, in turn, threatened to strike back, but there were no signs of new hostilities in the offing. on syrian state television today, images of the smoldering remains of a military complex near damascus. it was hit early sunday by air strikes attributed to the israeli military, the second in three days. israel did not officially claim responsibility, but senior officials there said the targets were advanced iranian missiles being shift to hezbollah militants in lebanon. israeli leaders
report on poland's embrace of fracking, despite concerns from some residents about land rights and the environment. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by b.p. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and...
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she really did probably more than anyone else change the environment. i know tom de frank, your former colleague, wrote something over the weekend where he said when he got to the white house an older colleague took him aside and said, look, our job here, they tell us what happens. we write it down. and we put it in the newspaper. well, helen changed all that. >> warner: so do you think that the adversarial nature of the white house briefing room today does at least in a small part reflect her or is it much more the sort of politicization of cable television talk shows and that environment that seeped into what we see if we watch a white house briefing today? >> well i think it's a combination of things but i don't think it would have happened if it hadn't been for helen. >> warner: karen tumulty, "washington post," thank you. >> thank you, margaret. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day, a baby boy was born to the duke and duchess of cambridge today. he is third in line to the british throne. hundreds of prisoners escaped in iraq after
she really did probably more than anyone else change the environment. i know tom de frank, your former colleague, wrote something over the weekend where he said when he got to the white house an older colleague took him aside and said, look, our job here, they tell us what happens. we write it down. and we put it in the newspaper. well, helen changed all that. >> warner: so do you think that the adversarial nature of the white house briefing room today does at least in a small part...
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doing something in a way that could get you more wages or in a way that could get a better working environment, then it's okay. if you're not, saying your bored is going to cause some problems. >> especially if you're bored being on twitter and facebook. it depends on the category. the board upheld the filing of a reporter for the arizona daily star who was bored and posted online saying what? no overnight homicide? you're slacking, tucson. well, that was considered not acceptable for his employer at the newspaper. >> bad taste might be a problem. but what about how are companies handling this? are they being forced to expand their policies? i mean how broad does it need to be? >> the n.l.r.b. is actually urging or pushing companies to rewrite their policies so that they're in line with their new series of recommendations. so they're trying to get the cost-cos of the world and other large companies... >> target and general motors among those. >> ... to do it. wal-mart gets an a-plus because wal-mart already rewrote its policies to be more in line with what the n.l.r.b. is say joog what the cha
doing something in a way that could get you more wages or in a way that could get a better working environment, then it's okay. if you're not, saying your bored is going to cause some problems. >> especially if you're bored being on twitter and facebook. it depends on the category. the board upheld the filing of a reporter for the arizona daily star who was bored and posted online saying what? no overnight homicide? you're slacking, tucson. well, that was considered not acceptable for his...
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doing something in a way that could get you more wages or in a way that could get a better working environment, then it's okay. if you're not, saying your bored is going to cause some problems. >> especially if you're bored being on twitter and facebook. it depends on the category. the board upheld the filing of a reporter for the arizona daily star who was bored and posted online saying what? no overnight homicide? you're slacking, tucson. well, that was considered not acceptable for his employer at the newspaper. >> bad taste might be a problem. but what about how are companies handling this? are they being forced to expand their policies? i mean how broad does it need to be? >> the n.l.r.b. is actually urging or pushing companies to rewrite their policies so that they're in line with their new series of recommendations. so they're trying to get the cost-cos of the world and other large companies... >> target and general motors among those. >> ... to do it. wal-mart gets an a-plus because wal-mart already rewrote its policies to be more in line with what the n.l.r.b. is say joog what the cha
doing something in a way that could get you more wages or in a way that could get a better working environment, then it's okay. if you're not, saying your bored is going to cause some problems. >> especially if you're bored being on twitter and facebook. it depends on the category. the board upheld the filing of a reporter for the arizona daily star who was bored and posted online saying what? no overnight homicide? you're slacking, tucson. well, that was considered not acceptable for his...
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i haven't been really rested for years and now i'm in a very good environment and there are a lot of things to be done and that i'd like to do so i have to be very engaged. it's a very, very full of things to do and i'm very happy about that. >> suarez: are you able to keep up wi events in china as cloly ayouere when you were doing your human rights work there? >> (translated): there are many ways to get -- to become informed. in a sense, it's easier to be informed here than when i was in china. i'm not saying that in china things cannot be done. what i'm saying is that things can be done from many different angles to promote what we need to promote. >> suarez: well, since you left the country there have been continued arrests of dissidents, suppression of press freedoms with the southern weekly, attempts to control access to the internet. a lot of things are moving along in china. what does it tell you about the government's attitude toward free speech and free thought? >> (translated): i think this only goes to show that the chinese government and the party still wants to control e
i haven't been really rested for years and now i'm in a very good environment and there are a lot of things to be done and that i'd like to do so i have to be very engaged. it's a very, very full of things to do and i'm very happy about that. >> suarez: are you able to keep up wi events in china as cloly ayouere when you were doing your human rights work there? >> (translated): there are many ways to get -- to become informed. in a sense, it's easier to be informed here than when i...
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i haven't been really rested for years and now i'm in a very good environment and there are a lot of things to be done and that i'd like to do so i have to be very engaged. it's a very, very full of things to do and i'm very happy about that. >> suarez: are you able to keep up with events in china as closely as you were when you were doing your human rights work there? >> (translated): there are many ways to get -- to become informed. in a sense it's easier to be informed here than when i was in china. i'm not saying that in china things cannot be done. what i'm saying is that things can be done from many different angles to promote what we need to promote. >> suarez: well since you left the country there have been continued arrests of dissidents, suppression of press freedoms with the southern weekly, attempts to control access to the internet. a lot of things are moving along in china. what does it tell you about the government's attitude toward free speech and free thought? >> (translated): i think this only goes to show that the chinese government and the party still wants to con
i haven't been really rested for years and now i'm in a very good environment and there are a lot of things to be done and that i'd like to do so i have to be very engaged. it's a very, very full of things to do and i'm very happy about that. >> suarez: are you able to keep up with events in china as closely as you were when you were doing your human rights work there? >> (translated): there are many ways to get -- to become informed. in a sense it's easier to be informed here than...
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to the sec of defense and everyone in between are responsible to uphold our values and continue an environment of dignity and respect for all. >> brown: among other things, the new measures include: creating a legal advocacy program in each military service and ensuring that military prosecutors handle all pre-trial investigative hearings. the problem has come into stark relief in recent months. a pentagon study in may found that an estimated 26,000 troops said they were sexually assaulted last year, but only 3,400 attacks were reported. at a june hearing, democratic senator kirsten gillibrand of new york argued victims have little reason to expect fair treatment. >> not all commanders are objective. not every single commander necessarily wants women in the force; not every single commander believes what a sexual assault is; not every single single commander can distinguish between a slap on the ass and a rape because they merge all of these crimes together. >> brown: gillibrand, and her 46 legislative co-sponsors in the senate want sexual assault cases handled entirely outside the chain of co
to the sec of defense and everyone in between are responsible to uphold our values and continue an environment of dignity and respect for all. >> brown: among other things, the new measures include: creating a legal advocacy program in each military service and ensuring that military prosecutors handle all pre-trial investigative hearings. the problem has come into stark relief in recent months. a pentagon study in may found that an estimated 26,000 troops said they were sexually...
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is everything for children, i think environment is everything for people. so this particular building being new, being a green technology building, represents a glimmer of hope for children so when they come into this building they have a sense of pride, they have a sense of respect but more importantly they are in a great learning environment. >> reporter: colbert king offered some cautious optimism. >> certainly the building is good but buildings don't teach kids, so there is a limit there, the dunbar community itself is changing demographically dunbar. the dunbar community is changing. it is not the same neighborhood that was there when i attended. it was not the same neighborhood that was there ten years ago and that's sort of the story of the city. >> reporter: in other words, the hope is that dunbar may become another kind of magnet school, in a resurgent neighborhood, once again. if the new environment does attract students, there's plenty of room for growth: the new school was built to house 1,100 students, almost double the enrollment today. >> woo
is everything for children, i think environment is everything for people. so this particular building being new, being a green technology building, represents a glimmer of hope for children so when they come into this building they have a sense of pride, they have a sense of respect but more importantly they are in a great learning environment. >> reporter: colbert king offered some cautious optimism. >> certainly the building is good but buildings don't teach kids, so there is a...
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brent newell is an environmental lawyer with the center on race, poverty and the environment. >> already, california communities are overwhelmed by the amount of air pollution that comes from these facilities, the effect on groundwater is really unacceptable, so continuing to produce milk to put on a ship and ship across the pacific ocean to china, to satisfy some kind of growing demand in china for dairy products, really makes no sense at all. >> reporter: if the chinese continue to develop their own independent dairy industry california will lose much of its market for surplus milk and california farmers will pay more for alfalfa as exports to china drive up demand. in this complex exchange of resources and money, china may well end up the global food industry winner. >> brown: on the environmental issues, the dairy industry has responded saying central valley farmers abide by some of the nation's strictest water quality regulations. their efforts include sampling and testing manure and soil as well as monitoring groundwater. they noted that air emissions are also regulated and cited a
brent newell is an environmental lawyer with the center on race, poverty and the environment. >> already, california communities are overwhelmed by the amount of air pollution that comes from these facilities, the effect on groundwater is really unacceptable, so continuing to produce milk to put on a ship and ship across the pacific ocean to china, to satisfy some kind of growing demand in china for dairy products, really makes no sense at all. >> reporter: if the chinese continue...
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of the result raised concern about the future for red king crab and snow crab which live in similar environments and may respond in similar ways. unfortunately what that found is a significant increase in mortality rates, our loss in growth rate, our loss in calcify indication, how quickly the crabs needed to build their shell. the crab did not do as well under these ocean acidification settings. >> the findings were a troubling surprise said expert andre punt, from the university of washington school of fisheries science. >> the crab died within the first 200 days so if they survived the 200 days they would not make it. >> that was just the beginning. when mathis, who makes his living sampling sea chemistry analyzed conditions off of alaska he found it changing far faster than expected. >> what is alarming about the study is that we thought we were exposing these crabs to future scenarios which may have been 50 or a hundred years from now. when in fact, our recent work in the bearing sea has shown those conditions exist today so this is a real thing that is happening right now today, not some f
of the result raised concern about the future for red king crab and snow crab which live in similar environments and may respond in similar ways. unfortunately what that found is a significant increase in mortality rates, our loss in growth rate, our loss in calcify indication, how quickly the crabs needed to build their shell. the crab did not do as well under these ocean acidification settings. >> the findings were a troubling surprise said expert andre punt, from the university of...
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it's a very dynamic environment. there are many, many people interested in investing there. businesses can't fiend places to have their offices, and at the same time, the government with all that it has to do to struggle to get on its feet, has not really confronted the question of what will happen to this beautiful colonial city, and in fact they've moved the government agencies out of the city to a new capital, leaving a lot of very important monumental buildings to an uncertain future. >> brown: let's take one american example, the one i citeed i citeed in the introduction, the arch in st. louis. i think a lot of people are going to be surprised, as i was, that it would be on the list. it's corrosion? >> it is corrosion. and i guess that the over-arching theme is vigilance, and knows what's happening in your community of the things you treasure and in this case it's the national park service facing a conundrum. many of these great modern monuments were built in experimental ways, and we don't have standard procedures for how to address problems of this kind. >> brown: tha
it's a very dynamic environment. there are many, many people interested in investing there. businesses can't fiend places to have their offices, and at the same time, the government with all that it has to do to struggle to get on its feet, has not really confronted the question of what will happen to this beautiful colonial city, and in fact they've moved the government agencies out of the city to a new capital, leaving a lot of very important monumental buildings to an uncertain future....
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organization represents the soul and the energy of many women, its wonderful to just breathe in such an environment. >> reporter: the foundation sengul ackar began has now organized 100,000 women into operative enterprises of various types across turkey. >> we gave them the confidence, collective confidence that they can change something. they are using their own energies and they're providing services for the community, for others not only for themselves. >> reporter: there's much more to be done, she says, but the first step to closing turkeys gender gap-- to reducing problems like domestic violence is giving women a voice. >> brown: fred's reporting is a partnership with the "under-told stories project" at st. mar university in minnesota. you can meet other agents for change and learn their stories. you'll find that on our website. >> woodruff: we turn now to the problem of domestic violence here in the united states and the end of a political battle over legislation about that issue. it was the subject of long- delayed debate and a vote in the house of representatives today. >> the bill passed,
organization represents the soul and the energy of many women, its wonderful to just breathe in such an environment. >> reporter: the foundation sengul ackar began has now organized 100,000 women into operative enterprises of various types across turkey. >> we gave them the confidence, collective confidence that they can change something. they are using their own energies and they're providing services for the community, for others not only for themselves. >> reporter: there's...
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and we try to understand how a change in the environment can lead to human response on the ground. >> suarez: so see if i understand this correctly. you're measuring a lot of different kinds of human response but is it just the temperature that could be forcing these changes? i mean the temperature may have an effect on how much drinkable water there is around, temperature may have an effect on how much food there is to eat in a given community. >> absolutely. so there are in fact many hypotheses, many mechanisms that people think might help connect changes in the environment, changes in the temperature or extreme rainfall. the conflict outcomes that we observe. sometimes we think direct exposure to heat sometimes does change human psychology. we observed in the laboratory if you put people in a room and raise the temperature they actually change how they behave towards others. as you suggest there's economic mechanisms as well that are incredibly important. so you can have crop failures and extremely high temperatures and that leads to all sorts of changes, changes people's insentive
and we try to understand how a change in the environment can lead to human response on the ground. >> suarez: so see if i understand this correctly. you're measuring a lot of different kinds of human response but is it just the temperature that could be forcing these changes? i mean the temperature may have an effect on how much drinkable water there is around, temperature may have an effect on how much food there is to eat in a given community. >> absolutely. so there are in fact...
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and so you have a very male environment selling vehicles to a very female audience. >> woodruff: nicky the other story we're following today is the report yesterday that the government sold its last shares in gm. this is four years after the federal government and a very controversial move bailed out this big automobile company. now that this has happened, where does it leave gm. are the lessons from this experience clear yet? >> well general motors now is an independent company again without government ownership. the u.s. taxpayer lost about 10 billion dollars on the deal and it was always understood from the beginning that there would be some moan that was never paid back by gm. where at least general motors is an extremely competitive automobile market. you know back ten years ago, 15 years ago general motors had about 30% of the car market. they now have about 18%. ford is very close behind them, toyota is close to them. so we have a market where the big shares that are decided up are much more equal than they were back in the days of gm and the car market. so gm has to compete for
and so you have a very male environment selling vehicles to a very female audience. >> woodruff: nicky the other story we're following today is the report yesterday that the government sold its last shares in gm. this is four years after the federal government and a very controversial move bailed out this big automobile company. now that this has happened, where does it leave gm. are the lessons from this experience clear yet? >> well general motors now is an independent company...
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the regulatory environment was very different then. and at least for the foreseeable future i don't see that problem emerging. maybe ten, 15 years down the road it could again. but in the current environment, this kind of problem is simply not going to emerge. >> ifill: lynn stout, you were going to say something to that. >> yeah, i wish i were as optimistic as bert is. but the fact, is they've got real short memories on wall street. i think banks are going to behave better, be more cautious, they're not going to commit these sorts of deceptions for four or five years but we still have basic structural problems. we still have not implemented affected financial reform and i can see us repeating this scenario five, six years down the road. >> ifill: i do have to ask you this question, bert ely. if you are jamie dimon with bank of america, do you feel like this is a sign that business has to be done differently or financial reform is going to be imposed on you? >> well, first of all, an awful lot of financial reform has been imposed in th
the regulatory environment was very different then. and at least for the foreseeable future i don't see that problem emerging. maybe ten, 15 years down the road it could again. but in the current environment, this kind of problem is simply not going to emerge. >> ifill: lynn stout, you were going to say something to that. >> yeah, i wish i were as optimistic as bert is. but the fact, is they've got real short memories on wall street. i think banks are going to behave better, be more...
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we think that you can develop family wage jobs and be good stewards and protect the environment. >> we have our fish, we have our salmon, we have our clean air. we'll lose that. that's losing to me. >> brown: a new survey finds that americans of different races have very different levels of optimism about their economic future. ray suarez digs into the surprising results. >> woodruff: david brooks and ruth marcus analyze the week's news. >> brown: and how do you send a ship miles off course, without touching its steering wheel? fool its g.p.s. system. we examine new research that shows the vulnerability of satellite navigation systems. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corp
we think that you can develop family wage jobs and be good stewards and protect the environment. >> we have our fish, we have our salmon, we have our clean air. we'll lose that. that's losing to me. >> brown: a new survey finds that americans of different races have very different levels of optimism about their economic future. ray suarez digs into the surprising results. >> woodruff: david brooks and ruth marcus analyze the week's news. >> brown: and how do you send a...
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what's pretty wonderful is that you're really living in an environment that does have all the hallmarks of a national park, but anybody can come here, anybody can live here. and the trick is, how do we keep that quality and keep using it? >> reporter: that question has guided scientists like geoff schladow and hounded policymakers ever since the 1960s, when researchers at the university of california at davis first documented a decline in the lake's clarity. the university's brant allen takes measurements every ten days. >> when we try and translate lake clarity to the public, what they want to know is how deep into the lake can they see. and so i'll be lowering the secchi disc down into the lake until it disappears, getting our clarity reading for the day. >> reporter: allen lets a frisbee-looking device called a secchi disc sink until it disappears. >> eighteen meters, or right around 60 feet. and that's pretty typical for a summertime reading, since the secchi does vary seasonally. >> reporter: since 1968, the lake has lost 20 feet of clarity, mainly due to uncontrolled urbanization
what's pretty wonderful is that you're really living in an environment that does have all the hallmarks of a national park, but anybody can come here, anybody can live here. and the trick is, how do we keep that quality and keep using it? >> reporter: that question has guided scientists like geoff schladow and hounded policymakers ever since the 1960s, when researchers at the university of california at davis first documented a decline in the lake's clarity. the university's brant allen...
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we get them go to these regions, talk to local people in an environment where they're trusted, they feel safe, basically they can those facts, any gaps in it we go back. we treat this information initially very keptally. after we've got the information and we're confident with what we've got we compare it with audio material, satellite, traffic imagery. the report we have is based on thoroughly researched testimony. >> ifill: mr. dunlap, do you trust the numbers? the way they've gathered their information? >> well, i think you take the -- thank you very much for having me on the program and let me just say at the outset any death of an innocent human sbg a tragedy. but the you look at page 10 i think it reveals the basic problems with the report. they hired local nationals -- to begin with, they admit it's not a comprehensive survey of drone strikes in pakistan. they hired local nationals and they specifically say that the people that they talked to were those who were anxious to make known the human cost of drones. people self-selected into it. if you look at footnotes of the report, th
we get them go to these regions, talk to local people in an environment where they're trusted, they feel safe, basically they can those facts, any gaps in it we go back. we treat this information initially very keptally. after we've got the information and we're confident with what we've got we compare it with audio material, satellite, traffic imagery. the report we have is based on thoroughly researched testimony. >> ifill: mr. dunlap, do you trust the numbers? the way they've gathered...
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the president's second-term cabinet and the issues they will face from coral davenport, energy and environment correspondent for "national journal." greg ip, u.s. economics editor for the economist and julie rovner, health policy correspondent for national public radio. you each cover different parts of this administration, different parts of the government, starting with you and with the selection today of sally jewell, carl, what are the big issues which await the new nominee or new secretary? >> so the secretary of interior is a really important position in terms of the administration's energy plan going forward. the interior department is in charge of the nation's public lands, and also offshore. so whatever happens going forward on energy development on public land, on oil and gas developments, on offshore oil development oconservation, and something that this administration has started was the first administration to do renewable energy development on public lands. the interior secretary is going to oversee all of that, and it's going to be a big piece of the vile agenda but also the eco
the president's second-term cabinet and the issues they will face from coral davenport, energy and environment correspondent for "national journal." greg ip, u.s. economics editor for the economist and julie rovner, health policy correspondent for national public radio. you each cover different parts of this administration, different parts of the government, starting with you and with the selection today of sally jewell, carl, what are the big issues which await the new nominee or new...